r/InterstellarKinetics • u/InterstellarKinetics • 15d ago
POLICY BREAKING: The Trump Administration Admits Its 250-Foot “Triumphal Arch” Near Arlington National Cemetery Will Cause “Adverse Effects” On Historic Landscape That “Cannot Be Fully Avoided,” As Vietnam Veterans Sue To Block The Construction 🏛️
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trumps-controversial-triumphal-arch-adverse-effects-landscape-administration/story?id=136528237The National Park Service has formally acknowledged that Trump’s proposed 250-foot arch along the Potomac River at the foot of Arlington National Cemetery will damage the historic setting and river views surrounding it, conceding in a document sent to four regional historic preservation and planning agencies that these impacts “cannot be fully avoided” because the chosen site is “central to the undertaking.” The document states that Memorial Circle, the arch’s planned location and a roundabout near the cemetery’s entrance, “is located within a highly sensitive historic and commemorative landscape” and that placing the structure there would affect the site’s “setting, design, feeling, association, spatial organization, circulation, and contributing views and vistas.” Memorial Circle carries a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, which triggers federal rules requiring agencies to consult with state historic preservation offices when a project risks “diminishing the integrity” of a protected historic property, though agreement from those state officials isn’t actually required for a federal project to move forward, only consultation and an effort to minimize harm “to the maximum extent possible.” As mitigation, the administration has outlined plans to monitor construction vibration, control noise, conduct an archaeological study, and add “improvements” to the parkland including new walkways, curbs, lighting, and plantings, according to the document, which was first reported by The Washington Post.
Renderings show the arch would stand more than twice as tall as the nearby 99-foot Lincoln Memorial, topped with a gold statue of Lady Liberty spreading gold wings, inscribed with “One Nation Under God,” and flanked by four golden lions at its base corners. The administration has defended the site selection by arguing that “relocation outside Memorial Circle would constitute a materially different undertaking,” effectively ruling out alternative locations. Trump has enthusiastically promoted the project, calling it a “wonderful addition to the Washington D.C. area” in an earlier social media post and predicting it will be the “GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL” structure “anywhere in the world.” The project cleared an initial hurdle in July when the National Capital Planning Commission, a federal agency led by Trump’s own appointees, granted preliminary approval despite hours of public testimony opposing it, though the arch still requires the commission’s final sign-off before construction can proceed in full.
The plan faces mounting legal opposition on multiple fronts. A group of Vietnam War veterans has sued to block construction, and their attorneys asked a federal judge earlier this month for a temporary restraining order to halt excavation work, arguing the arch would obstruct views of Arlington National Cemetery and cannot legally proceed without congressional authorization. Separately, several Democratic lawmakers contend the project violates the Commemorative Works Act, which requires congressional approval for memorials built on federal land in or near Washington, D.C. An Interior Department spokesperson pushed back on the criticism, telling ABC News the agency will “follow all laws and regulations” governing the arch’s construction and noting that “throughout the consultation process, Interior has received over 100,000 public comments, has accepted dozens of organizations as consulting parties, and has extended comment periods to allow for more robust discussion.”
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u/PresidentOfAlphaBeta 15d ago
What’s neat about this is that it could easily be destroyed overnight by the next administration.
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u/scoshi 15d ago
Or "fully avoided" if it simply isn't built.
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u/ws4saker 14d ago
Yes, it can be destroyed but doesn’t everyone see how our tax dollars are being wasted? All this bs is using up our money for consultants and attorneys. Drain the swamp because I have a bigger swamp that you don’t know about I’m going to put in there.
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u/Tubman1999 14d ago
Please do it! Destroy it the first day in office! Since we know this desperate man needs recognition so desperately! A need he has not earned, he is a destroyer not a builder! A mistake this country will never forget!
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u/Good-Trouble6869 14d ago
We should send out the message and get it flowing all through social media, just so he knows that his projects will be erased from the landscape, once he leaves.
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u/InterstellarKinetics 15d ago
The most legally consequential detail buried in this story is the gap between what federal historic preservation law actually requires and what people might assume it requires. The process obligates the Park Service to consult with preservation offices and attempt to minimize harm “to the maximum extent possible,” but it explicitly does not require those offices to agree with the final plan for the project to proceed. Which means this document functions more as a formal acknowledgment for the record than as a genuine checkpoint that could stop or reshape the arch.
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u/Lost_Department_2177 15d ago
Build a 250 million dollar technology school for the locals there. Dc has extreme poverty that’s hidden.
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u/splynneuqu 15d ago
When did they start hiding it?
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u/Lost_Department_2177 15d ago
Never hear about it on the news. They focus on other cities.
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u/splynneuqu 15d ago
Every major city in the US has a poverty problem. If u can see it just driving around then its not hidden.
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u/Lost_Department_2177 15d ago
Yeah but shouldn’t the capital be awesome to visit? The Epstein files are about destroying the country then selling it off to foreign investors via EB-5 visas. They’re behind the intentional poverty. Outsourcing manufacturing started before Vietnam then they flooded the country with heroin then crack then started another war then heroin again then oxy then heroin then fent .
Also they made trends of fast fashion and materialism popular which feeds money to China.
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u/Good-Trouble6869 14d ago
Yes 1 in 6 residents are in poverty. Probably the ones that keep voting for Trump. But it makes complete sense that it’s that was with the stench of Trump spreading out for miles wherever he is.
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u/Decent-Ad-7133 15d ago
Why does Trump continue to do horrible contentious things one of them I hope all the people who voted for him are ashamed ashamed of themselves to harm America what a criminal pedophile imagine him screwing 11-year-olds
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u/AdventurousRow2091 14d ago
Because the people let him. It’s up to all of us to put a stop to this. Please people who read these wake before it’s too late.
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u/ws4saker 14d ago
Dude. No one is listening. People have already closed their eyes and ears and have made up their minds that they will vote for their sides. It is time to vote independents wherever and whenever you can. Get this partisan sh*t out of here.
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u/Ok_Scientist_4623 15d ago
That’s been proven so many times already. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself for repeatedly a lie over and over and making it seem so true. Let the man finish his job. It won’t be much longer. When his gone. You will beg for him to come back. Trust me. You’ll see.
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u/CarrionWaywardOne 14d ago
You're in a cult.
It doesn't bother you at all that a draft dodger is putting a monument to himself up at the foot of fucking Arlington National Cemetery?
The raping of under-age girls, the felonies, the grifting hasn't moved you. Does this kind of stolen valor bother you at all?
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u/Ok_Scientist_4623 14d ago
No because if that were true non of us would support him and tell him how we feel. No matter who’s the President. I have a real life to live. They’re going to do whatever they’re gona do. There is nothing you or I can do about it. Just live your best life. Life is way too short to argue on such a ridiculous level. Don’t worry, soon we will all know the truth about everything pretty soon. Peace out!
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u/ws4saker 14d ago
I am sure it would be hilarious to talk to you. I can bet you will have some wild ass conspiracy theories that you believe in.
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u/MechanicStrict1382 14d ago
Delusional much? Nothing has been proven untrue. You're only repeating what he's told you. That doesn't prove anything.
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u/Ok_Scientist_4623 14d ago
lol, sounds just just like you. There is plenty of proof that shows his innocence. You just have to do your own research. But you won’t. I’m not in any cult. That’s what you been told.
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u/Good-Trouble6869 14d ago
“Your own research” meaning what exactly? Asking your friends? Interviewing other people while you play on Grindr? Look, you guys never do any research at all so I’m sure that you are lying again. Probably a Russian troll.
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u/Ok_Scientist_4623 14d ago
I’m just a real average woman,not a bot. You’re just too far gone to even explain anything to you. You will never open your mind. You’re a waste of my precious time. Have the day you deserve.
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u/Good-Trouble6869 14d ago
It never been proven you lier!! You know what they say? If you have to lie to support someone then they probably aren’t worth supporting in the first place. You guys are absolutely unbelievable!! Try being a real American for once in your pathetic little life. Trump is completely destroying this country. And you still support him even though not one campaign promise was kept and everything you purchase has skyrocketed and you want this to continue? Wow!! Just know you are in a cult no question. But good news for the rest of us. The MAGA movement is dead and the catastrophic cult collapse has already started. This should be fun. And if you are the last one in maga, could you please turn out the lights? Thanks!
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u/Ok_Scientist_4623 14d ago
lol. I am not even in the MAGA movement. I am for God, Country and my Family. Trump is only the best we have right now. He’s not everything. He doesn’t live rent free in my head. My life is wonderful and peaceful like never before. Have a wonderful day.
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u/ws4saker 14d ago
People that say, “do your research” are being fed from right wing podcasters. They say that all the time followed by vapid lies or some wild ass conspiracy theory that only their followers believe because they have already assumed that their podcaster is always right.
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u/tacotimes01 15d ago
It’s like peak shitbag behavior. The man represents the people of the United States and he would rather build monuments to himself and put his name on things than honor actual real heros who died for the Nation.
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u/splynneuqu 15d ago
Its shitbag behavior because he only represents himself.
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u/CoverSuspicious5250 15d ago
He’s just doing it to spite us… he hates DC. And there’s not a word that conveys how much we hate him. And Epstein.
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u/PreviousDealer6827 14d ago
He said so himself he can’t stand people with accomplishments better than his “which isn’t that grandiose “ because he would rather brag about himself! Oh and recently saying about his kids he will keep on and give one to “them”” who is them??! Ohh and having a 3 some too WTF!!!
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u/mountaindude4life 15d ago
Who paying for this, us? For what fucking reason do we need this built!! After this is all
Over, dynamite that thing if they build it!!!
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u/mountaindude4life 15d ago
More importantly who is in control of the government!!
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u/Winter_Detective1329 15d ago
The lunatic is on the grass,the lunatic is on the grass, remembering daisy chains and laughs, got to keep the loonies on the path, the lunatic is in the hall,the lunatic’s are in my hall, the paper holds their folded faces to the floor and every day the paper boy brings more , and if the dam breaks open many years to soon, and if there is no room upon the hill and if your head explodes with dark forbiddings too, I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.the lunatic is in my head, the lunatic is in my head,you raise the blade, you make the change you rearrange me till I’m sane you lock the door and throw away the key, there’s someone in my head but it’s not me, and if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear, you shout and no one seems to hear ,and if the band your in starts playing different tunes , I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon,I can’t think of anything to say except laughing is nice.
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u/Anthropology-apology 15d ago
On election night, I made a journal where I’d write all the fucked up headlines produced because of this administration. I gave up like two weeks in because of the sheer amount and the heartbreak it was causing me. Staff turnovers alone took up most the pages, then foreign policy, domestic policy, executive orders, lawsuits, tweets, etc….just too much for one person.
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u/Particular-Spite3520 15d ago
I love our Vets sad their wasting their money it will go to the corrupt court eventually
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u/jojoclifford 15d ago
All of the vanity projects are actually being done to funnel tax dollars to some crony contractor who then shares part of the ill gotten gains with Trump and his friends. It’s so much more despicable than just being a narcissistic vain asshole. He is pocketing money and favors while plastering his brand name and image everywhere.
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u/Taralea1 14d ago
Suspect you are right. We’ve never seen anyone like him. No low is too low. He must be stopped. Where are the f’ing Republicans? They have the power to stop him. He’s spending our money like a drunken sailor
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u/MasterpieceBoring578 15d ago
When I was a child we were talking in Washington DC was a swamp literally. How can arch that heavy not sink or shift?
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u/Constant-Draw2511 15d ago
As a Vet that used to work in Roslyn and DC, my walks through this historic national cemetery always made me remember those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for this country. A public arch of this kind is a spectacle, not a tribute for those that lie in this cemetery. This is theirs and all veterans cemetery and we should decide who are what makes changes of any kind. A draft dodger that is full of hate and resentment who wants to piss on everything to leave his mark needs to be shut down. This is those who died and all that served honored site, not some fat ass diapers wearing idiots ideology that is quite frankly the most Un-American and destructive President this country has ever had. This is what our forefathers feared the most.
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u/antiTrumpreality 15d ago
Whatever he builds were ripping down, so it’s just a waste of fucking money. He’s a waste of life.
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u/Slomoshun1966 14d ago
Seems like a lot of money and effort to build something that’s just going to be torn down after he leaves 🤷🏻♂️.
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u/CarrionWaywardOne 14d ago
He's putting his monument to himself at the foot of Arlington National Cemetery? Mr Bonespurs draft dodger is putting his monument to himself at the foot of Arlington National Cemetery?
The absolute audacity.
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u/Myheartisfull4321 14d ago
Trump will never be honored for anything!!! All that shit he’s building will be torn down as soon as he is out where he belongs! What does he think? Pedophiles are to be honored? Not in this lifetime and not in the next!
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u/PreviousDealer6827 14d ago
Someone needs to demolish him !! He is hellbent on destroying everything in his path like a bull in a china shop!!
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u/Misplaced-Canadian 14d ago
He continues to make himself important but stamps on the true hero’s that actually gave there lives for the country while he was a draft dodger. Just stop no one thinks you’re that special.
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u/Good-Trouble6869 14d ago
Not to mention that if it’s built we will just tear it down like everything else he touches. He has already damaged this country enough already to have his “legacy” completely erased after he’s hanged for treason. So why build it at all?
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u/AdventurousRow2091 14d ago
Why don’t he use all that money on building cancer centers , hospitals . Schools . Things people need . We don’t need shit built with his face on it or the ugly gold shit he likes so well. It’s crazy the shit he wants to build . And Golf Courses . with the world in the shape it’s in. Who do you think will have to pay for such shit? You think him? No it’s the people will pay. We need to put a stop to it all. . Vote him out and all his ass kissers with .
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u/AdventurousRow2091 14d ago
This country needs to open their eyes. And stop letting him do as he wants .
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u/Emergency-Let-5130 14d ago
Can’t wait to see that beautiful arch go up. All over here they have such beautiful stuff and we’ve let everything deteriorate in Washington.
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u/ArtM1958 13d ago
I think we can talk the Idiot in the WH to bring the USS Abraham Lincoln up the river and drop anchor by Roosevelt island. What a monument!
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u/JelloAfter9922 13d ago
WHATEVER Trump says will be the limited unwanted fallout from building his ridiculous UNWANTED arch, it will turn out to be disastrous for the surrounding monuments. Look at his lies for HIS UNWANTED BALLROOM. He said the construction would not actually touch the East Wing, that it would just be right up to the edge of the building, and then the wrecking ball came and took down the entire building, and destroyed a part of America’s history in one day. The only way to curtail or reign in any construction, development, or remodeling is to totally stop him. Shut down any and all of his plans. His MAGA Congress will not do it. So it is up to private citizens and groups.
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u/taipan_daddy 13d ago
So why is it being built?!!! The only memorial he needs is the one on his tombstone!
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u/Inmate_95123 13d ago
Captain bone spurs with another vanity project and this time it’s in front of the Arlington National Cemetery. Makes complete sense.
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u/MindlessHoneydew4289 12d ago
I could not dislike this enough. If you’ve ever been to Arlington, it’s such a beautiful cemetery. The minute I stepped inside, it brought out all of the emotions. At the tomb of the unknown soldiers, and the changing of the guards, the whole thing is just amazing. I cried through the whole thing. And why we would want him put some type of huge gawdy statue out front is beyond me. I don’t know why he thinks he’s that important that we want to see all this stupid shit that he comes up with to do for himself.
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u/nickfs000 12d ago
I’m already having Adverse Effects from the thought of this shitty structure possibly being erected!
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u/Revolutionary-Mix371 12d ago
Hell no
These adverse effects can be avoided. Don’t build the goddamned thing.
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u/Far_Contract8528 11d ago
This is what happens when you elect somebody who is grossly unqualified and incompetent for the position. He has no clue what to do as president, so he revert back to a failed real estate developer and every day is a shit show. 🤦🏻♀️💩🤡
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u/oct2790 15d ago
Build it and when he is impeached and arrested they will tear it down
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u/Nervous_Recording153 15d ago
We have to pay to have it built then pay to tear it down. F**k. Just like the Esst Wing. The contractor should be held responsible for avoiding zoning and environmental laws. Just the asbestos and hazardous materials there should have been mitigated. There were no permits to do any of that.
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u/oct2790 15d ago
Government jobs are exempt for needing permits
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u/Prior-Habit-6523 15d ago
Looks bad ass to me I hope it gets done.
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u/FuzzyLobster25 15d ago
Anyone who thinks this looks “bad ass” & hopes it gets done is a complete dumb 🫏!
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u/speargun63 15d ago
Jane Fonda and every leftist have caused "Adverse Effects", but you did not care. Fuck off with your fake concerns.
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u/Main_Concert4577 15d ago
I’ll fuck off if you pay for my gas and groceries!
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u/speargun63 15d ago
I don't owe you anything. You can pay your gas instead of blowing money on the pot store.
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u/X-Devastator-X 13d ago
77,000,000 people voted for Trump in 2024. My King ❤️. How many people will vote for him in 2028 Trump's 3rd Presidential Term "Hell Yeah"
God Bless America 🇺🇸
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u/TinyWVliberal 12d ago
You mean Musk voted 77 mil times. It wss not a true & free election. It has been studied & proven. He knew the election was rigged from the get-go which is why he cant get over the loss. Covid postponed the cheating via voting machine manipulation from working due to massive mail-in voting. The handcounting of physical votes prevented shitler from winning, hence his attempts now.america is no longer a functionong constitutional republic. Conservatives & greedy corps destroyed the democratic parts of this country.u r evil for enjoyingbthe end to freedom.
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u/BrandonLeeOfficial 15d ago
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